"Throughout my teenage years, I sort of became a default position for a lot of my friends and friends-of-friends to ask questions that they had about HIV, but often that would extend into sexual health as well."

While awareness of HIV was widespread in the 1980s and 90s, she says young people now seem to have a more relaxed attitude towards practicing safe sex.

Figures from the Australian Health Department suggest a decline in condom use and a rise in STIs.